Taberon Dave Honie, who is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on August 8, is asking the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole to commute his death sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole. His attorneys have requested mercy, citing his remorse for killing Claudia Benn and his traumatic childhood on Hopi reservation land. The Utah Attorney General's Office has until Friday to consider moving forward with a hearing ahead of the execution. Honie is the first Utah man to be sentenced to death in over a decade.
The first Utah man to be sentenced to death in over a decade is petitioning to not be executed. https://t.co/RigZxZLecR @AGilbertReports
Taberon Dave Honie, who is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Aug. 8, is asking the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole to commute his death sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole. https://t.co/eKl3gqrlar
Death row inmate Taberon Honie's fate is in the hands of The Board of Pardons and Parole. The Utah Attorney General's Office has until Friday to consider moving forward with a hearing ahead of the execution. #utah #deathrow #taberonhonie @UtahAG 🎥Eric Cabrera, KSL NewsRadio https://t.co/U0rqfWbJrI
Here’s why Utah death row inmate Taberon Honie says his life should be spared https://t.co/c40tUYPGze
Taberon Honie’s attorneys have asked Utah's parole board for mercy and to spare him the death penalty — and their reasons stretch from his remorse for killing Claudia Benn back to his traumatic childhood on Hopi reservation land. https://t.co/ZwSiKaTWQd